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Fox Hills Outcrop

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Coal, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013759
MRDS ID D010222
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Hills Outcrop
Related records 10117506

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.21447, 39.96471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES S 40 E FROM BOULDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 001S 070W 15 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WITHIN 1 MILE NORTH OF MARSHALL LAKE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Coal Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY-0.03-0.04 MR/HR
Result RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY-0.1-0.25 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Fox Hills Sandstone
    Rock description Fox Hills Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.21447, 39.96471
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder-Weld Coal Field

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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